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Mattel Disney Pixar CARS: “Quercy” Wants to Know If This is Kmart CARS Month, What’s It Like When It’s Not?
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Posted in Disney Pixar, Mattel Disney Pixar Diecast CARS on 19 June 2013
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Quercy’s note pretty much sums it all up for most collectors … “Really? This is “Kmart’s Month of CARS?” It’s June 11th and there are NO 2013 singles, NO deluxe or Megasize, NO Micro Drifters, NO 3-Pack or any others multi pack, few old Porta Corsa singles and few 2013 movie moments… If it was […]

Disney Star Wars CARS Now Available to Phone Order (Or Not … Or Maybe … Or Possibly)
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar CARS 3, Disney Star Wars on 18 June 2013
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To order the Star Wars CARS set from Disney Theme Parks, you can call the 1-877-560-6477 number or email them, Merchandise.Guest.Services@DisneyParks.com or fax 407-828-2000 with the following information: Item list, name, phone number, billing address, shipping address and credit card information with expiration date. From the comments sent in by readers who called this 877 […]

Disney PLANES: The Real Life Dusty Crophopper
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Posted in Disney, Disney Planes on 18 June 2013
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Last week, I posted that Dusty Crophopper was based on a Cessna 188B – it turns out that Dusty is an “Air Tractor AT-301.” (thanks for the update and heads up “Hypercarrots,”) I’m not aviation expert but if you look at photos of the Cessna 188 which was manufactured from 1966 to 1983 and the […]

Disney D23 Membership – Now Free Tier & Early Access D23 Expo
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Posted in Disney on 17 June 2013
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The FREE TIER to Disney D23 “club” opens today. “The first time you visit the website and click on anything “for D23 Members only,” you’ll be prompted to register. After this one-time website registration, where you’ll need to enter your name, D23 membership number, email address (which will serve as your user name), and choose […]

Disney PLANES: Echo & Bravo – Your Wallet Danger Zone
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Posted in Disney, Disney Planes, Disney Store on 17 June 2013
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The Disney Store has some super nice McDonnell Douglas* F/A-18 Hornets PLANES characters – Bravo & Echo. * McDonnell Douglas is now owned by Boeing. Bravo Diecast Deluxe. Echo Diecast Deluxe. “John H.” sends along great pics and all the useful scale info. Real – Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornet Length: 60 ft 1¼ in (18.31 […]

Instagram From Lee Unkrich Toy Story
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 16 June 2013
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Funny photo-link … perfect expression on Lotso face. 🙂  

Happy Father’s Day!
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Posted in Advertising, Food on 16 June 2013
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Hope you got something classy … It’s real but you missed the mailing deadline. 🙂 Finally, a clear concise explanation of that 4-C’s you’ve been hearing about … If you didn’t get bacon, maybe some new wheels? 50th Anniversary AARP Edition. 🙂

Monsters University Discount at El Capitan – Hollywood
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 15 June 2013
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if you live in the LA area and want to see it at Disney’s flagship theater in Hollywood (and take the kids for a malt next door afterwards – yea, for the kids. 🙂  ). Living Social is offering $4 off a ticket …

Disney Pixar Monsters University: Sulley Mask Looks Pretty Funny …
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Posted in Disney, Disney Pixar on 15 June 2013
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This new Sulley mask looks like fun … Your facial movements correspond with mask movements creating the most dynamic Monsters transformation available! Sulley’s mouth and eyebrows move when you move yours! Serve up a real good scare to friends and family with the life-like facial features of Sulley! The adjustable straps make it easy to […]

Mattel Dreamworks Turbo: Collect ‘Em All!
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Posted in Mattel, movies on 15 June 2013
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So, will you wait until you see the movie to collect ’em all? Er, is it really a good idea to sell a kid’s toy called Skidmark? Is it just me or does this seem like something you’d win after spending $3 on skee-ball? Easy to get the two lines confused … This might make […]